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Lancer Spirit Online

The student news site of Londonderry High School

Lancer Spirit Online

The student news site of Londonderry High School

Lancer Spirit Online

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LHS fall athletes play recess games with Mathew Thornton students during Recess Academy.

LHS athletes join Mathew Thornton students in Recess Academy

Kait Bedell, Editor-in-Chief
October 22, 2019

Fall athletes were selected by the Athletic Leadership Council to participate in Recess Academy on Monday, Oct. 21. LHS students combined with Mathew Thornton elementary school students and played...

Get ready to see seniors get silly at this year's hypnotist show

Get ready to see seniors get silly at this year’s hypnotist show

Laura Haas, Online Chief
October 22, 2019

The hypnotist show, hosted by the Class of 2020, will be Thursday, October 24, at 7:30 p.m. All students are welcome to go, but only seniors are able to put their name in a raffle to get hypnotized. The...

Camila Cabello is releasing several tracks to tease her upcoming album, titled 'Romance.' The first two, "Shameless" and "Liar" were released on Sept. 5, 2019, and "Cry For Me," on Oct. 4, 2019.

Camila Cabello begins a new era

Anna Drabik, Executive Arts and Entertainment Editor
October 22, 2019

Camila Cabello concluded the cycle of her debut album, Camila, by stating that she was going to write “ the album of [her] dreams.” Now, over a year later, Cabello has begun her second album cycle,...

Lockhart displays all her medals from past karate competitions.

Senior Spotlight: meet the class of 2020 every week

Name: Kacey Lockhart What will you miss about LHS? "When I leave high school, the thing I'm going to miss the most is my friends. It is going to be hard leaving them all. " What is your favorite...

"Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen and "Welcome to the Black Parade" by My Chemical Romance: Two different eras, two different artists, two different minds, but one common dream: to create a masterpiece, dissident to mainstream music.  Both songs accomplished it, both songs embody it, and both songs are ultimately dreamers’ dreams put to reality.

Welcome to the Rhapsody. How My Chemical Romance channels a Queen classic.

TJ Ruzicka, Arts and Entertainment Editor
October 21, 2019

Bell bottom jeans, a new fear of killer sharks, Gerald Ford, and a mishmash of operatics, ballads, and hard rock in a single track; the year is 1975, and Queen just released their decade defining, symphonic...

Class of 2020 Reps celebrate their first meeting of the year in September.

Class Presidents share their hopes for the school year

Amy Overhulser, Executive News Editor
October 18, 2019

Elections, speeches, community service and raising money for their class- your leaders, the class presidents, are here to impart words of wisdom and hope for their class’ school year. Click on the photo...

Sue Buxton dances with her husband Tim at their son's wedding last year.

Too soon to say farewell to beloved LHS teacher Sue Buxton

The room where the Londonderry High School faculty members had gathered last Thursday afternoon was completely silent as Principal Jason Parent got up to speak. He quietly explained to the colleagues...

Hailey Mosher writes in her article, "I don’t want anyone to feel alone. I’ve always felt a sense of loneliness, and it never made much sense to me. I would be in groups of people and I would suddenly feel as though I sank into my own world and I wouldn’t know why."

What it feels like to drown

Hailey Mosher, Art Editor
October 16, 2019

It’s 9:15. I just got home from going for a drive with three of my favorite people on the planet. A wave of happiness flows through me, but is starting to dissipate. I pick up my phone to call the same...

Senior Eliana Patterson tries her best to fit in with the VSCOmmunity, hoping to prove her worthiness.

VSC-GO and try something new

Kat Hallee, Executive Features Editor
October 15, 2019

You’re walking down the hall and suddenly you hear a weird hum swiftly approaching you. It’s a sound you’ve never heard before; the sound of puka shells rattling against Hydroflasks. It’s closer...

Juliana Hamel's reoccurring column will be focusing on points of views topics that no one wants to talk about.

Unpopular Opinions: If you don’t dress up for Halloween, you’re lame

Juliana Hamel, Executive Opinions Editor
October 15, 2019

Ah, Halloween. The spookiest time of year. There’s nothing better than carving pumpkins, visiting haunted houses, and drowning in buckets of candy. Only one thing could possibly ruin the hauntingly good...

New jobs are constantly being posted to the right of the Futures Lab, so make sure to check for listings on the board as well as on the website!

Go fund yourself. My two cents on how to get a job.

Courtney Clark, Editor-in-Chief
October 11, 2019

Looking for a way to make money? A job may be the perfect way to bring in extra or needed cash. With the help of these simple tips, you will be able to find a job with little to no struggle. Though...

Senior Eliana Patterson salutes to the crowd during halftime at a home game.

Seniors say goodbye to Salem Band Show

Erin Carlson, Photographer
October 11, 2019

The roar of the crowd. The cheering from other high school bands and spectators on the sidelines. Then silence. The announcement of the drum majors and the silent march of the Lancer Marching Band across...

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